2021-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Department of Criminal Justice
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Deborah Burris-Kitchen, Ph.D.,
Department Chair
315 Hubert B. Crouch Hall
615-963-5571
dburriskitchen@tnstate.edu
Michael Montgomery, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
615-963-5588
mmontgomery@tnstate.edu
Major: Criminal Justice
Degree: Master of Criminal Justice
DEPARTMENT OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
The requirements for the Masters of Criminal Justice include the successful completion of thirty-six (36) hours of graduate coursework. The thesis or non-thesis (comprehensive examination) will be supervised by faculty designated at the time of admission to candidacy.
Admission Requirements
Admission into the M.C.J. program requires the student to have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university and an undergraduate grade point of 2.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale. Unconditional admission will be granted to students with a 2.8 GPA and no GRE or MAT score is required. Unconditionally admitted students also must have 18 hours of undergraduate Criminal Justice course hours, or courses that directly relate to Criminal Justice. Students with less than a 2.8 GPA, but have a 2.5 GPA up to 2.79, can also be unconditionally accepted into the program with a GRE score of at least 275 with the verbal and math sections combined, or a MAT score of 385. GPAs of less than 2.5 will not be accepted. Students can be conditionally accepted who have at least a 2.5 GPA, but less than a 2.8 GPA, but scheduling to take either the GRE or MAT during the first semester of graduate classes. Students conditionally accepted will have to achieve either a 275 on the GRE or 385 on the MAT to continue with graduate classes.
To remain in the program, students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA for each semester throughout the program.
CoursesCriminal Justice
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